by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 6, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Sacrifice
I heard Aung San Suu Kyi on television recently and thought she sounded remarkably like Michelle Yeoh in the movie The Lady. Ok you can stop laughing now. Michelle Yeoh played the role of the Burmese hero of democracy in the movie. Bernice and I caught the movie some...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 30, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Governance, World Issues
Recently I was asked to share something about the political situation in Malaysia at a missions prayer group. I was given about ten minutes so only the highlights. I shared that in the past, many churches and Christians in Malaysia did not get involved in politics as...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 23, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Faith
You have made us for yourself and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in you. (Augustine 354-430) I am sure that many of us have come across the above quote by Augustine. We now have scientific evidence to support it. In an article in a recent issue of...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 10, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Christian Living, Faith, Jesus, Jesus' Resurrection
Recently someone dear to me asked, “Why are you a Christian?” He was relooking at his own journey of faith and asked me for my reasons for being a follower of Jesus. It has been a long time since I have visited this question. A lot of my ministry is with...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Mar 2, 2012 | 2012, Articles, Church, Corporate Worship
Is it just me? Am I the only one thinking that so much of modern worship is reduced to privatised, personal, emotional encounters with God? This Saturday I will be teaching on worship. It has been a very long time since I last did some public teaching on worship. In...